Manuel Antonio de nuevo

ahhhh our last weekend altogether before everyone leaves!!! Originally, we were planning to go to Montezuma, but at the very last minute we decided to go to Manuel Antonio. We were all easy to agree to the idea b/c the bus ride would be much shorter and waaaay too many people were planning to go to Montezuma (and it's teeny, so we'd have to see everyone allll the time haha). Plus, the last time we went to MA, we were with ISA and so didn't have much free time to ourselves.
So we arrived at about 9ish in the evening and decided to stay at Coco Beach Hotel, which is owned by a Chinese lady! (or so I was told, although she spoke in a language I didn't recognize). Anyways, so as usual, we were starving by that time, but of course none of the restaurants near us were open. So we had to take a cab to the main town over in Quepos, where we ate a yummy restaurant that was open til 2. It was pretty much ALL locals, and so they stared at us gringos like we were invading their territory. And then at the bar we went to later, The Lounge, it was the complete opposite: totalmente all GRINGOS/turisticos. This bar was really chill, though, and they played so many good ol songs from home (US).
Cutie Jamie rubbing the Buddha belly on the wall.

The next day we went to the national park and it was beautiful! My friend Pete said this opening looked like we were about to enter paradise...

Here is the gorgeous beach

This is the place where we saw tons of animals last time, and this time, we only got to see those white faced monkeys, but TONS of them. And they just walk right up to you like nothing. Their faces look like those of little old men though..kinda creepy haha.

On our walk back to the hotel, we saw a beeeautiful wedding being set up. Sin duda, I am mos DEF having my wedding somewhere on a beach...

When it started to rain, we decided to get some drinks and some bocadillas. I love bloody marys! i duno what was so funny here.

We went back to the beach to try to watch the sunset, but this freakin island was in the way! Pero esta bien, because it was still bellisimo to see.

I love how you can see the reflection of the sky on the water...

As you know, I am obsessed with the skies here! At some point during the day, you can see probably every single shade of the rainbow. increible..

That night, we went to eat at a delish little Italian cafe, which was suuuper cheap too! Here are the chicas ready to go out

After that, we went to Barba Roja, the pirate bar/club that I went to last time. And once again, it was sooooo fun! They played tons of awesome music, AND, coincidentally, I ran into the same guy that I had met the previous time I was there. So that was fun :)
The next morning, we had to check out early, but it was a good thing b/c we had to go to Quepos to buy our bus tickets back. Then we returned to the cafe from last night for brunch, did TONS of shopping, and chilled out until it was time to leave. Look, I learned how to make this flower out of palm leaves!

Oh my goodness that bus ride back was the worst EVER. First of all, it was tiny, the seats were sticky and uncomfortable, and it SMELLED. To top it off, since it was raining so hard, the bridge was backed up and so we had to wait for an HOUR! oy, torture... this may have been the first time ever saying this, but I was ready to get back home to San Jo...